The Barbury CIC3* XC Course
The good news is that the Barbury CIC3* is my favorite Mark Phillips course that I have ever seen. The bad news is that the area and shape of available land creates some tight turns
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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Great Britain Takes Control of the Barbury CIC3*
William took Cool Mountain for a nice canter up the hill after their pre-dressage ride Great Britain seized control of Barbury in the third and final day of Barbury dressage on Saturday. 6 British riders
...» Read More!Ringwood Magister gets back on track at Barbury
As the CIC3* wraps up their dressage today at Barbury (more on that shortly), the CIC2* divisions are completing their show jumping and cross-country. When Tiana Coudray and Ringwood Magister were circling the start box
...» Read More!Area VII Spotlight: Dr. Aimee Witherspoon
Aimee and Worth the Wait at Rebecca Farm Our Area VII spotlight is Dr. Aimee Witherspoon. Aimee is a veterinarian certified in veterinary acupuncture and manual therapy. Hailing from Ridgefield, WA, Aimee currently competes her
...» Read More!Saturday Morning Links
Happy Saturday morning Eventing Nation! Hope everyone has a fun day planned. For those of you not planning to attend one of the million events happening this weekend in America, feel excited because you have lots to
...» Read More!Jon Holling — Goals
Jon and I both knew that his first Eventing Nation blog post would be tough to top. But, he has given it a valiant effort and as i try to tell all of our writers–it’s
...» Read More!Will Faudree and Tiana Coudray Barbury Videos
Will Coleman didn’t quite hang onto his Barbury CIC3* as Rodney Powell just beat him out with Happy Go Lucky by 0.6 pints late Friday afternoon. I met Rodney today–he’s a former Badminton champion and
...» Read More!Will Coleman and Twizzel make a statement at Barbury
Will and Twizzel Will Coleman and Twizzel of the USA took the lead in the Barbury CIC3* on Friday afternoon, half-way through the nearly 120 3* dressage rides. The cool thing is that Will’s test
...» Read More!Farewell Soweto
Earlier this week, Chelan Kozak’s legendary event horse Soweto passed away. Soweto dominated some of the biggest 4*’s of his time in the 90’s, and he retired from 4* competition in 1999. Chelan wrote this
...» Read More!Barbury’s Friday Reader from FLAIR
Everyone at the test event kept telling me that I absolutely had to stay and attend Barbury, which many regard as the best horse trials in England. So, after begging the Chinchillas to look after
...» Read More!Welcome Tipperary Equestrian
Today is a very special day on Eventing Nation because I get to introduce Tipperary as a new EN sponsor. From helmets to vests, Tipperary Equestrian has the tradition of a truly excellent equestrian safety
...» Read More!Jacky Green — Will Faudree goes shopping and meets a Duchess
Tonight is installment number three of Jacky Green’s guest blogs for Eventing Nation. [Archives] Jacky works for Team New Zealand and also runs her Maizey Manor Farm in the UK, where many US competitors stay
...» Read More!Area 8 Young Riders Camp
Summer Camp (spot the instructor Dorothy Crowell!) Area 8 comprises Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania – a large and horsey swathe of the United States, so I was surprised to discover
...» Read More!Area 8 Young Riders Camp
Summer Camp (spot the instructor Dorothy Crowell!) Area 8 comprises Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania – a large and horsey swathe of the United States, so I was surprised to discover
...» Read More!Greenwich Park
The Greenwich arena is raised above the ground to protect the park From the very beginning, Greenwhich Park has been a controversial site to host the equestrian events for the London Olympics, but I held
...» Read More!The Midwest Junior Challenge
Here’s hoping for a bit less rain this year… The Midwest Junior Challenge, formerly known as Pony Cup, is the only show (thus far, knock on wood) where I’ve fallen off in the warm up
...» Read More!Thursday Morning News from Devoucoux
Good Morning Eventing Nation! It hasn’t really felt much like a work week with all the coverage from the test event these past few days. Its always a throw off when horse trials, which almost
...» Read More!Miner’s Frolic’s Recovery is Looking Hopeful
It was just days before Badminton last April when news surfaced that Tina Cook’s top mount, Miner’s Frolic, would be missing the competition due to a wither swelling that was thought to have caused by
...» Read More!VIDEO: London Test Event Show Jumping
Here are a few videos from today’s show jumping at the Olympic Test Event… Piggy French and Topper’s first show jumping round as part of their victory: [Nico Morgan photos of the show jumping] Round
...» Read More!Piggy French and Topper Win the Olympic Test Event
Piggy French accepting her medal from Princess Camilla, Duchess of CornwallThere was really never a doubt of this result today, but Piggy French and Topper sealed the deal by jumping clear in the second round
...» Read More!Great Britain Wins the London Olympic Test Event Team Competition
Piggy French recapping her ride for the crowd with announcer John Kyle In a story that couldn’t have been better written in fiction, Team Great Britain dominated the team competition here at the Olympic test
...» Read More!All clear at the Olympic Test Event final horse inspection
Piggy and Topper Piggy French and Topper were the only pair held at this morning’s final vet inspection in the London Test Event CIC2*. To the relief of everyone in attendance, the Ground Jury passed
...» Read More!Casey Anthony’s Not Guilty Wednesday News and Notes From Horse Quencher
There were a lot of other pictures I wanted to choose, but I went with one that didn’t “say” as much as the others. As most of you have probably heard, Casey Anthony has been
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